Jane Davidson takes a look at the lighter side of her veterinary history PhD, with a quick review of some of the unusal names she discovered during her studies.
The ultrasound is an incredibly useful diagnostic tool. In this video tip, Gerardo Poli offers some advice to help you perfect the basics of ultrasound-guided aspiration.
As the latest member of the VN Times family, student veterinary nurse Chris Riddington introduces himself and describes his journey from OCD teenager to contented, enthusiastic SVN.
Eleanor Goad explains how pounding the pavements has successfully enabled her to “switch off”, while simultaneously helping her to make friends in a new town and re-evaluate her self-imposed limits, both personal and professional.
Having outlined the need for competence and competence in building trust with clients, Hubert Hiemstra discusses the final part of the three Cs – communication.
With Guy Fawkes Night and firework displays fast approaching, Jane Davidson thinks about other ways to help with the stress caused to pets, owners and vets.
In her penultimate blog post for Vet Times, RVN Dale Gillies looks at the increasingly pressing need to make our businesses sustainable and discusses how this might work in practice.
Having sold his shares in his clinic, Hubert Hiemstra has been reflecting on what he’s learned in the past decade – starting with how a simple acronym helped him manage the biggest challenge encountered in emergency practice…
Dog bite wounds are one of the most common presentations both in general and emergency practice, and they can often be challenging cases. Here, Gerardo Poli offer some tips on managing these injuries.
In the first of a new two-part series, Gerardo Poli discusses the primary survey process and explains his alphabetical approach to all deteriorating or critical patients.
Jane Davidson continues to reference her guilty pleasure – the UK's longest-running soap opera – as a way to offer an insight into the differences between pragmatic and contextualised thinking in veterinary practice.
Dr Gerardo Poli looks at the common problems that come with the use of casts and bandages, and what can be done to reduce the risk of complications occurring.
Recent graduate vet Eleanor Goad ponders the profession’s innate inability to switch off and relax when given the opportunity to spend some quality “me time” away from the pressures of practice.
Having previously discussed his top tips for dealing with client complaints, Hubert Hiemstra shares the techniques that form his makeshift “mental armour” against those who set out to attack, insult and hurt.
